Following Kenya’s infringement of Somalia’s territorial integrity after it deliberately breached directives from the Somali government instructing all flights from Kenya to route through Mogadishu. A delegation led by Kenya’s House Majority leader Adan Duale defied the Somali government’s...
by Sahra Salah
LAW OF UNION BETWEEN SOMALILAND AND SOMALIA: Law No: 1 of 1960 - 27 JUNE 1960
Commentary:
Prior to attaining independence on 26 June 1960, Somaliland was very much interested in pursuing the dream of a Greater Somali State encompassing...
Dr. Mohamud M. Uluso
After 3 years of lost opportunity in post-conflict state-building priorities, Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, completed a study titled “The Problems of Militias in Somalia: Almost Everyone Wants Them despite Their Dangers,”...
On June 26, 1960, the former British Protectorate of Somaliland became independent. But perhaps Somaliland will go down in history as a country with the shortest spell of independence for, on July 1, five days later united with Somalia,...
The AU can contribute constructively to the ongoing negotiations between Somalia and Somaliland by providing technical support and acting as guarantor to ensuing agreements.
The leaders of Somalia and the self-declared independent region of Somaliland held a landmark Consultations Summit...
This week, the Bihi administration has given permission for a Communist Chinese company known as Africa Agricultural Development to grow Castor bean seeds, which contain the toxin ricin, in the fertile land of Wajaale Plains, without the consent of...
By Mohamed Ibrahim
As an outside observer on the tumultuous events surrounding the Somali elections, I cannot help but remember a time I was served my favourite meal and without thinking about where I have eaten more than I could...
BY IBRAHIM MOHAMED AND VAHE MIRIKIAN
Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble unveiled the timetable for indirect parliamentary and presidential elections. The timetable schedules elections for the upper house to take place on July 25 and the lower house between...
By Stephen M. Schwartz
Joshua Meservey, senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, advocated in a recent policy paper that the United States recognize Somaliland as an independent state. This serious proposal is overdue for consideration. Meservey recounts that Somaliland ended its...
Somaliland President Muse Bihi is in the midst of a tour of Washington, DC. His visit—the first by a sitting Somaliland president—focuses attention on the unrecognized state’s quest for recognition.
No country today formally recognizes Somaliland, though its case for...